LEE RODGERSA KING'S LEGACY ...
CHEERLEADER FOR THE "99%" IS REALLY IN THE "1%" ...
"ARAB SPRING" REWARDS EGYPT'S MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD
CHEERLEADER FOR THE "99%" IS REALLY IN THE "1%" ...
"ARAB SPRING" REWARDS EGYPT'S MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD
A sad post-script to the life of Rodney King, whose beating by police led to the Watts riots in LA in 1992, found dead (presumably from drowning) in his swimming pool. TMZ reports sources who say he was drinking and smoking pot earlier. He had a long history of drug abuse.
His legacy may be his plaintive, "Can't we all just get along?" Sadly, after three years of Obama's "post-racial" presidency and Eric Holder heading the Justice Department, the answer is obviously, "No, we can't." (see item below)
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The New York Post provides a profile of a contender for a congressional seat representing a district in New York. His name is Charles Barron ...
"Barron ranks among the city’s loopiest council members, a former Black Panther who dresses like the Beatles circa 1965, loves dictators, hates Israel, supports communism and the teaching of Ebonics.
"This is the guy who, at a 2002 rally to demand reparations for African-Americans, said, 'I want to go up to the closest white person and say, ‘You can’t understand this, it’s a black thing,’ and then slap him just for my mental health.”
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The Daily Caller blows the whistle on Jon Stewart, who uses his cable TV show to regularly bash the rich. Turns out Mr. Stewart makes $41,000.
Per day.
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Financial analyst Terry Keenan (NY Post) analyzes the government data showing the drastic decline in net worth of the American family ...
"The Americans who have been hurt the most by the credit bust are truly in the middle in terms of age, income and wealth — the Generation Xers who came into the work force during and right after the Bush recession of 1991. It turns out that almost 55 percent of the median worth of Gen Xers has been wiped out since ’07 — and they will likely decide the election this fall.
"That’s on top of the incredible escalation in the federal debt burden per US household since 2009, money that families in America will have to eventually pay back in taxes. Indeed, the size of the federal debt load per US household has risen 50 percent, to $190,000, since President Obama took office. That’s $190,000 in borrowed money per family from families with median incomes that have dwindled to $45,000, less than one-fourth of that $190,000."
That's the real payoff for Obamanomics.
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The harvest is in from last year's "Arab Spring." In a surprise only to the terminally naive, the Muslim Brotherhood will govern Egypt as a result of the weekend's election. And already there's been an attack across the border into Israel, resulting in one death and several wounded.
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The SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) Food Stamp Program, administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, is pleased to be distributing the greatest amount of free meals and food stamps ever.
Meanwhile, the National Park Service, administered by the same U.S. Department of the Interior, asks us to "Please Do Not Feed The Animals." They say that this is because the animals may grow dependent on handouts and not learn to take care of themselves.
Thus endeth today's lesson.
(Thanks, Mike)
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Rich Lowry of National Review assesses the current Washington/Obama mentality ...
"President Obama thinks Republicans are in the grips of a 'fever.' Only if they can be coaxed back to rationality, through the calming effects of his re-election and perhaps some aromatherapy and a deep-tissue massage, will Washington ever work again.
"By 'work,' he means pass his priorities, of course. That is the operative definition, too, for all the liberal analysts rending their garments over the breakdown of our governing institutions. If only everyone could sit around a table and agree that Obama is the personification of reasonableness, the country’s faith in government could be restored.
"This whole line of argument from Obama on down is partisanship wrapped in a veneer of high-mindedness. The current crisis is that not enough bills are passing; if Mitt Romney is elected with a Republican Congress, the new crisis will be that TOO MANY bills are passing."
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Charleen contributes a couple of timely slogans ...
"2012: It's not just an election. It's a restraining order."
"With Obama, under that thin veneer is a thin veneer."
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Professor Walter Williams (Tonwhall.com) addresses the morality of robbing Peter to pay Paul ...
"Suppose I saw an elderly woman painfully huddled on a heating grate in the dead of winter. She's hungry and in need of shelter and medical attention. To help the woman, I walk up to you using intimidation and threats and demand that you give me $200. Having taken your money, I then purchase food, shelter and medical assistance for the woman. Would I be guilty of a crime? A moral person would answer in the affirmative. I've committed theft by taking the property of one person to give to another.
"Most Americans would agree that it would be theft regardless of what I did with the money. Now comes the hard part. Would it still be theft if I were able to get three people to agree that I should take your money? What if I got 100 people to agree -- 100,000 or 200 million people? What if I got together with other Americans and asked Congress to use Internal Revenue Service agents to take your money? In other words, does an act that's clearly immoral and illegal when done privately become moral when it is done legally and collectively? Put another way, does legality establish morality? Before you answer, keep in mind that slavery was legal; apartheid was legal; the Nazi's Nuremberg Laws were legal; and the Stalinist and Maoist purges were legal. Legality alone cannot be the guide for moral people. The moral question is whether it's right to take what belongs to one person to give to another to whom it does not belong."
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Early in my broadcasting career I did play-by-play on many major-college football and basketball games. However, I never developed an attachment to pro basketball. My interest is limited to watching the last couple of minutes of the final playoff rounds and I have no rooting interest in any particular team.
So I wonder: Have I correctly concluded that NBA officiating resembles in quality the sort seen in professional wrestling?
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Maureen Raymond, 49, of Port St. Lucie, Florida, said her roadside DUI test administered in January was unfair. She told a deputy that she couldn't walk a straight line because her big boobs make it difficult to keep her balance.
She also offered to show them to the deputy to prove her point.
He declined.
He says.
-- (News of the Weird) --
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It is to be hoped that someone will explain to Congressman Gallegly of California the difference between ANTIDOTE and ANECDOTE before he appears foolish again on TV.
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Conan O'Brien --
"Burglars broke into Kanye West's home. As a result, 500 statues of Kanye West are missing."
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An elderly man is stopped by the police around 2 a.m. And is asked where he is going at this time of night.
The man replies, "I am on my way to a lecture about gambling, alcohol abuse and the effects it has on the human body, as well as smoking and staying out late."
The officer then asks, "Really? Who is giving that lecture at this time of night?"
The man replies, "That would be my wife."
"...and now, if you'll excuse me..."